Adviser – Payroll Concierge is responsible for delivering exceptional customer service and timely resolution of various inquiries, while ensuring compliance with policies and guidelines, and actively participating in professional development opportunities. This role involves collaborating with internal stakeholders, escalating complex problems, performing root cause analysis, and proposing sustainable solutions to improve customer satisfaction, as well as maintaining data confidentiality and applying knowledge of HR policies, procedures, and payroll processes.
Operational Experience:
- Having exposure to reviews accurate Payroll Services (including Data Collection, Payroll Preparation, Calculations, Payroll Processing, reporting etc.) monitoring operational performance and results for teams for a period of 2-3 years
- Having exposure to serving as the primary escalation point for complex payroll inquiries, escalations and issues from employees for a period of 2-3 years led the development and implementation of a rigorous compliance and process governance checking process to review payroll transactions against local and global regulations and internal policies for a period of 2-3 years
- Having exposure to conducting regular quality assurance audits to ensure adherence to service standards and provide feedback for continuous improvement for a period of 3 years
- Having exposure to Identifying inefficiencies in current processes and leading initiatives to streamline operations, reducing handling time, and improving service quality for a period of 3 years.
- Having exposure to allocate work to team members to manage payroll volumes and training team members on leveraging payroll systems (For example SAP), it's key features and work arounds over a period of 2 years
- Having exposure to developing a dashboard to track key performance metrics, analyze trends and identify areas of process improvement or transformation projects (for example, simple process automations through macros) for 1-2 years .
Core Experiences:
- Having exposure to working with more than 4 regions or geographies demonstrating flexibility with timezones, comfort with local regulations, languages etc. for more than 3 years
- Led brainstorming sessions within and across teams to identify possible areas of process, people and technological improvement and develop implementation plans
- Having exposure to establishing productive relationships with stakeholders to gain alignment and support for Contact center initiatives through effective communication (written and verbal) and collaboration.
- Led training sessions to guiding new team members on successfully navigating sensitive interactions in a tactful manner, managing the escalations, and leverage existing query management tools
- Having exposure to managing team dynamics and shift schedules, especially for Business Continuity Planning (for example, unscheduled needs, rainy days, limited resources, disaster planning etc.) to ensure consistent performance and timely completion
- Having exposure to providing regular performance feedback to team members based on the Performance 6 framework over 1 year
Experience:
70% of learning here comes from real-life and on-the-job experiences, tasks, and problem-solving on the job training: Gain understanding of the entire contact center and ESPS cycle, including handling complex queries, escalations, issue resolution, and collaborating with audit teams, preparing relevant documentation, and addressing audit findings.
Stretch Project:
Manage a project to optimize team dynamics and shift schedules, tracking performance and adherence to SOPs to evaluate impacts of changes implemented
Exposure: About 20% of learning comes from interactions with other Job Shadowing: Participate in monthly team review discussions led by an experienced team lead, to understand the regular operations being performed, the common challenges faced, and how they are generally handled
Peer Learning:
Connect with peers working with different regions to understand the local level challenges being faced, and how they are handled currently. This knowledge can then be further used to streamline operations as needed with the help of a team lead
Education:
The remaining 10% of learning comes from formal education and structured training programs LinkedIn Training on SAP Platform navigation
Functional Knowledge Sharing Session ILead Skill Development Program (Time Management, Communication, Data Science and Analytics, Problem solving etc.)
Competencies:
- Financial technical excellence
- Driving Business performance
- Digital Finance
- Working Together
- Leadership
About Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals, and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive.
We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win situations and meet opportunities.
Respect and Inclusion
At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.
We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.
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Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminum, critical minerals, and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive.
We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs—striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win and meet opportunities.
At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities, and people from different cultural backgrounds.
We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable being themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, or anything else that makes us who we are.
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Working at Rio Tinto
Help us deliver the materials that make human progress possible.
The plane you’re flying in just landed. You fire up your phone and get your laptop out of the overhead bin. Immediately, you’re in work mode – thousands of miles from your office. Do you ever stop to think about all the materials that make life in the 21st century possible? At Rio Tinto, we discover, develop and deliver the materials that drive human progress. When you work with us, you’ll experience advantages you won’t find anywhere else.
Working in one of our function’s teams
We supply the materials that drive human progress. You make it all possible.
With business operations that stretch from Vancouver, British Columbia, to Perth, Western Australia, we have exciting opportunities in virtually every discipline imaginable. From HR to marketing, finance to technology, infrastructure to supply chain, and much more, the opportunities are endless. Join us and enjoy:
Our application process
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Apply
The first thing you’ll need to do is apply to the role. You can do this with your LinkedIn profile or you can upload your resume. We’ll also ask you to complete a few questions before you submit your application.
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Undergo assessments
Our assessments are designed to help us work out whether you are suitable for the role. We will let you know which ones you’ll need to complete.
03
Interview(s)
Our interviews could be in person or online. It’s a great opportunity for us to get to know you a bit better, answer any of your questions and talk about the exciting career opportunity you have applied for.
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Offers and checks
At this stage, we will let you know if you have been successful. If you have been, we’ll need to conduct a couple of checks, such as a background or security check. You may also need to do a medical assessment depending on the role you have applied for.
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Join the Rio Tinto team
Once the checks have been completed, we’ll be in touch to talk with you about your start date and answer any questions you may have before you start with us.



















